PETIT BOURGEOIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petit bourgeois mean? 

• PETIT BOURGEOIS (noun)
  The noun PETIT BOURGEOIS has 2 senses:

1. a member of the lower middle class

2. lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)

  Familiarity information: PETIT BOURGEOIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETIT BOURGEOIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the lower middle class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("petit bourgeois" is a kind of...):

bourgeois; burgher (a member of the middle class)

Holonyms ("petit bourgeois" is a member of...):

petit bourgeois; petite bourgeoisie; petty bourgeoisie (lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

petit bourgeois; petite bourgeoisie; petty bourgeoisie

Hypernyms ("petit bourgeois" is a kind of...):

bourgeoisie; middle class (the social class between the lower and upper classes)

Meronyms (members of "petit bourgeois"):

petit bourgeois (a member of the lower middle class)